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Modern History

Three Conferences, One Fast, and the Pact That Invented Reservation

Three conferences in London failed to write India's constitution - but they triggered a fast unto death in a Pune jail that still decides how India elects its Dalit representatives.

27 September 2026 · 26 min read

Governance

NGOs and civil society: partners, watchdogs and the FCRA debate

Over 34 lakh registered NGOs make India’s civil society among the world’s largest. What the sector does, why the FCRA 2020 amendments triggered a reckoning, and the 2025 question: non-state actor or anti-state actor?

27 September 2026 · 28 min read

Polity

Anti-Defection Law: the Tenth Schedule and its discontents

The Tenth Schedule from 1985 to today: disqualification triggers, the merger exception, the 91st Amendment, Kihoto Hollohan, and the Speaker's conflict of interest.

27 September 2026 · 25 min read